Two Passengers arrested for smuggling gold bars

Customs officials today seized gold bars totally weighing three kgs from two passengers who arrived at the airport here from Dubai in different flights.
While one gold bar with a market value of Rs 27.99 lakh was seized from Mankeri Saidu Muhammed Jamseer, arrived by an Emirates flight, two gold bars with a market value of Rs 58.98 lakh were seized from K Abbas Ravof, who came in another Emirates flight.
Seeing Jamseer behaving in an odd manner, the Air Intelligence and customs officials became suspicious. The passenger went out of of the Customs hall with his Hand baggage leaving behind the Checked in baggage.

He subsequently, re-entered inside the Customs hall for picking up the baggage. While he was moving through the Green channel at the exit point, he was intercepted on the belief that he was having some contraband goods in his baggage, Deputy commissioner Customs, Madhavan, told reporters at the airport.
The officers seized the gold bar weighing one kg and also seized USD 4500 from his possession.
The officials conducted a personal search of Ravof and it was noticed that he had hidden two gold bars concealed in a layer of carbon papers in his ankle on top of which he had worn a thick socks.

Both the passengers were arrested under the provisions of Customs Act and would be produced before the Economic offences court, Ernakulam.